Master business idioms next part is lesson number 13, part two. And this parts, we will cover these idioms to drop the ball a bitter pill to swallow up to scratch, asleep at the wheel. Now let's understand the meaning of these idioms to drop the ball to drop the ball means to make a mistake to fail to do something poorly to drop the ball. You forgot to submit the budget. Oh, you really dropped the balls. You made a big mistake.

For God's sake, don't drop the ball on this. We are relying on you. Next one is a bitter pill to swallow. A bitter pill to swallow is a bad news. something unpleasant to accept a bitter pill to swallow. After Geena spent her whole summer working as an intern for an American Express, failing to get a full time job offer was a bitter pill to swallow.

Losing to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow. It was a bad no something unpleasant to accept. up to scratch Very nice one up to scratch is good at the expected level up to scratch. Your customer service call center isn't up to scratch. They put me on hold for 45 minutes. You're alone last essay wasn't up to scratch didn't come up to scratch.

We can use both sentences up to scratch. The next at me is asleep at the wheel. asleep at the wheel means not performing well neglecting responsibilities and not paying attention to what's going on. The dental hygienist was asleep at the wheel. she accidentally left a big piece of dental floss in the patient's mouth. The taxi driver is asleep at the wheel.

He never curves about traffic lights and drives carelessly. asleep at the wheel not performing well. Let's review them very fast to drop the ball, which means to make a mistake to fail. drop the ball a bitter pill to swallow bad news something unpleasant to accept. up to scratch something good at the expected level. asleep at the wheel, which means not performing well neglecting responsibilities.